THE 5-30 MINUTE CHAIR
Sit
A seating program accommodates seating of
one or more individuals for a variety of dura-
tions.
Work
A work program consists of a horizontal sur-
face that accommodates working, meeting,
dining, socializing, and so forth, for an individ-
ual or group.
Screen
A screen program is a self-supporting vertical
surface that separates two spaces.
Store
This program accommodates variably sized
objects within, for display or storage.
THE 5-30 MINUTE CHAIR
A clear language and system of assemblies,
structures, and programs provided a starting
point for the design of the 5-30 Minute Chair. A
chair is a deceptively difficult thing to design.
There are countless considerations for what a
chair is likely to encounter throughout its use
(or misuse). Comfort, durability, and aesthetics
all play a role.
The AtFAB 5-30 Minute Chair (Figure 2-34)
aims to be a durable, dignified, reasonably
comfortable chair that anyone could make any-
where, with half a sheet of material and a large
format CNC router. And, depending on how you
choose to customize or finish your chair, it can
be as utilitarian, extravagant, or eccentric as
desired.
The 5-30 Minute Chair was also meant to be
networked, but not in the sense that it be wired
as a part of the internet of things. We saw the
chair more as a thing of the internet: open
hardware meant to be downloaded, hacked,
transformed, and then shared with others. In
this context, we saw the chair we designed as a
simple organism that would evolve over genera-
FIGURE 2-34
Side elevation of the
5-30 Minute Chair
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